WARNER BROS. TO LAUNCH T-WORKS

In spring 2008, Warner Bros. Entertainment will launch T-Works, an immersive animation experience which, for the first time ever, brings together all of the key characters from the studio's core animated properties in an expansive, rich online environment.

The project was unveiled on thursday by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, and Alan Horn, President & COO, Warner Bros.

T-Works is a cross-divisional and companywide initiative designed to take the studio's wealth of animated characters beyond previous media (television, film, home video, consumer products) and make them accessible to fans in a fully immersive and customizable online world. T-Works also marks the first time that all the key characters from Warner Bros. Entertainment's family of animated icons, including Warner Bros. Animation, Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics, are brought together in a single site and tied to a user rewards system.

The site offers levels of interaction for the broadest appeal, from watching originally produced and classic library episodes online and playing games to customizing characters and exploring virtual worlds. T-Works also embraces an open philosophy, giving fans tools for self-expression and personalization in order to brand their digital lives anywhere on the Web. The grab-and-go capability enables fans to incorporate a custom avatar into their lives, whether it's on T-Works or utilized in the participant's digital world (MySpace, Facebook, etc.).

Warner Bros. Animation is in development with Studio 2.0, the original programming digital production arm of the Warner Bros. Television Group, on two projects: an untitled Batman shortform series and an untitled project based on The Wizard of Oz, both of which will debut exclusively on T-Works. More details on these projects will be announced in the near future.

"Warner Bros.' iconic animated characters represent a very key part of the company's film and television histories -- so it's fitting that they serve as the initial entry point into this online universe," said Meyer. "In addition to being a great entertainment destination for fans, T-Works will also serve as a great marketing platform for all the studio's businesses, helping us to reach audiences in a space and in a manner that's all about Warner Bros."

"While the focus of T-Works is our amazing collection of animated superstars, this online destination represents much more than that," said Horn. "T-Works presents us with a great environment and thus a great platform to highlight many of our current projects, from feature films to made-for-videos, consumer products, comic books and more."

"The animated versions of the DC heroes have been viewer favorites for years," said Paul Levitz, President and Publisher, DC Comics. "T-Works will give our fans new ways to connect with our characters. The DCHeroZone should be a great new destination for our fans."

NOVEMBER SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP

For previously published solicitations for November, click on the publishers' names below.

BRIEFLY

* The Angelus Pilot Season #1, targeted for an October release by Top Cow Productions, will be more impacted by the events of Top Cow's summer event First Born than other Pilot Season books.

The story, by writer Ian Edginton and artist Stjepan Sejic, delves right into the new relationship between The Angelus, the primal force of Light in the Top Cow Universe, and Celestine, the bi-polar adversary from Witchblade. Together the two characters are more than just the sum of their parts, but even as Celestine is gaining a long sought after sense of peace and The Angelus begins to question if she is more than simply a weapon of righteous wrath, they are confronted by Celestine's dark past.

* FX will air the Daredevil movie on Thursday at 8 p.m.

COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES

In case you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.

* Saturday, August 11: From Wizard World Chicago -- DCU panel, Marvel's Cup O' Joe panel and Mark Millar/Bryan Hitch on Fantastic Four and DC's Vertigo panel; Heroes, Who Wants To Be A Super Hero? and Image Comics' The Overman.